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[quote author=TreesAndBirds link=topic=11701.msg185438#msg185438 date=1483825510]
And after he announced, the commentators noted that Stanford would be having a much smaller class than other schools, because attrition is so much lower .

In other words, it's not just a 40 vs 4 year decision, for a lot of schools it might just be a 1 or 2 year decision.

Yes.  Bizarre as it sounds, our student athletes are students first and actually want to attend classes and graduate.  Imagine that.
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I've often thought of it as being as much about the school's/coaching staff's approach to "roster management" as anything else. Alabama has finished #1 in recruiting for each of the past several years. Sure, they've had a disproportionate number of 4- and 5-star guys, but they've also had 26, 26, 24 and 24 recruits over the past 4 years and already have 26 recruits again this cycle...

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[quote author=TreesAndBirds link=topic=11701.msg185438#msg185438 date=1483825510]
And after he announced, the commentators noted that Stanford would be having a much smaller class than other schools, because attrition is so much lower .

In other words, it's not just a 40 vs 4 year decision, for a lot of schools it might just be a 1 or 2 year decision.

Yes.  Bizarre as it sounds, our student athletes are students first and actually want to attend classes and graduate.  Imagine that.
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I've often thought of it as being as much about the school's/coaching staff's approach to "roster management" as anything else. Alabama has finished #1 in recruiting for each of the past several years. Sure, they've had a disproportionate number of 4- and 5-star guys, but they've also had 26, 26, 24 and 24 recruits over the past 4 years and already have 26 recruits again this cycle...